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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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The US Department of Energy announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. A consortium of industry partners will guide the design process and advise on commercialization.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Lynchburg, Virginia). Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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Most of the selected REFUEL projects target the production of ammonia or its conversion to hydrogen or electricity, due ammonia’s attractiveness as a hydrogen and energy carrier. Renewable Electricity-Powered Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Ethanol for Storage and Transportation (Category 1) The Opus 12, Inc. REFUEL Projects.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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If successful, the proposed converter and its innovative control strategy has the potential to create a new paradigm in power electronics that could influence numerous applications, such as electric vehicles, wind energy systems, photovoltaic systems, industrial motor drives, residential variable frequency drive systems, and nanogrid applications.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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exceeding the magnetic properties of industrially important. industries, without the need for these costly and scarce. deliver high power to a car or truck. Non-strategic Elements having Secure Supply Chains A Virginia Commonwealth University led team will. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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MING-KAI TSAI MediaTek Hsinchu, Taiwan “For vision and leadership in the global semiconductor industry, democratizing technology access for billions of people.” BOWERS University of California, Santa Barbara “For contributions to photonic integrated circuit technologies.” IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL Sponsor: Intel Corp. IEEE DENNIS J.

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